Improvement in bomb-lances



- 2 Sheets-Sheet L D. KELLE-HER. Bomb Lance.

No. 201,793. Patented March 26,1878.

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v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. D. KELLEHEIL Bomb Lance.

IMO/201,793. Patented March 26,1878.

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UNITED STAT S PA DANIEL KELLEHER, on NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

VIMPROVEMENT IN BQMB-LANCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,793, dated March26,1878; application filed February 16, 1878.

To all ethom it mag concern:

Be itv known that I, DANIEL KELLEHER, of

New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in'Oombined Gun and Lance; and Ido hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings .is a perspective view of my combined gun andlance. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a part-sectional view of thegun. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bomb. Fig. 5 is apart-sectional side of the bomb, and Fig. 6 is a detail View thereof.

The nature of my invention relates to guns and bomb-lances for killingwhales; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

A represents the head, and B the shank, of an ordinary harpoon, securedto the handle 0.

D represents the gun, of suitable construction, provided with bands D D,throughwhich the handle 0 passes. At the breech, on one side of the gunD, is a boss, E, with a central aperture into the bore of the gun,through which is inserted an ordinary primer, F, such as is used forcannon-firing. The boss E is surrounded by a rubber tube or packing, b,which projects beyond the end of the boss. A cap, G, is placed over theboss and packing, said cap fitting tightly, so that the packing willprevent any water from entering at this point. The wire or wire loop afrom the primer F projects rearward through a slit in the packing andcap, as shown. 7

In the metal that forms the connection between the gun D and bands D Dare perforated ears or projections d d, through which is passed a rod,I, having a forked head-piece, H, which fits on the shank B of theharpoonthat is to say, said shank lies in the fork of the head-piece H.On the shank B is placed a sliding clamp, J, as shown.

The rear end of the rod I is provided with a tubular casting, K, whichis adjustable upon the rod, and fastened at any desired point thereon bymeans of a set-screw, f. On the casting K, between suitable ears formedthereon, is pivoted a hook, L, provided with a springcatch, M. When theharpoon is to be thrown,- this hook L is hooked into the loop a of theprimer F, and the latch M put in place in the end of the hook, so thatthe hook cannot become disengaged. Now, as the harpoon enters thereto, Imay use a wire cord, h, one end of which is fastened in the slidingclamp J, then passing outward through an aperture, 6, in theharpoon-head A, and then backward, with a hook, z, in its other end,connected in the loop a of the primer. In this case the said loop a mustproject forward from the boss E, instead of in the rear. It will readilybe seen that the primer will be exploded by the backward movement of thesliding clamp J as it strikes the side of the whale. In either case Ican easily .regulate the distance the harpoon-head must penetrate beforethe bomb-lance is shot off when the rod I is used, by simply changingthe position of the casting K; or, when the wire cord h is used, this isaccomplished by changing the length of said cord.

The bomb-lance used is composedof the cylindrical bomb N and head 0, thelatter being screwed tightly in the outer end of the bomb. The inner endof the bomb N is provided with a screw-plug, 1?, provided with 1 packingor wads m, to make the bomb tight in the gun. This plug is also providedwith a fuse-tube, B, containing a fuse, and opening through the plug, sothat when the charge of the gun is exploded said fuse will be ignited,

and convey the fire to,or nearly to, the center of the bomb.

Within the head O of the bomb-lance is formed a chamber, a, whichcontains powder TENT OFFICE. Y

to ignite a fuse contained in a fuse-tube, B, extending from the base ofsaid head to, or nearly to, the center of the bomb N. In the side of thehead 0 is an aperture for the insertion of a primer, F,which is madewater-tight by means of rubber, solder, or other suitable means; and inthe ring or loop 8 of this primer F is attached a wire, p,which iscarried back and wrapped around a projection, S, on the side of the gun,thus holding the bomb-lance in the gun.

When the harpoon is thrown and the charge in the gun exploded, as abovedescribed, the bomb-lance is shot off from the gun, which breaks theprimer F in the head 0, and thus both the fuses in the tubes R R areignited to insure the explosion of the charge in the bomb, even shouldeither one of the fuses fail to work properly.

In some cases I may make the bomb in sections, and couple them togetherwith double screw-plugs T, having fuse-tubes R extending in bothdirections, so that the different sections of the bomb will be explodedat suitable intervals within the whale.

The bomb constructed as described may be used equally as well with ashoulder-gun, and also with a hand-lance, if desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is-

1. In a gun for shooting a bomb-lance, the perforated boss E, formed onthe side of the gun, the primer F, rubber packing or tube 1), and thecap G, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the harpoon A B, of the sliding clamp J,connected to the primer F, for exploding the same, in the manner ashereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the sliding rod I with head-piece H, theadjustable casting K, hook L, and latch M, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

4. The combination, with a gun, D, of the.

bomb N, head 0 having interior chamber n, and fuse-tube H the primer F,wire 1), and projection S on the side of the gun, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL KELLEHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. BLAOKMAR, J AIVHJS J. SHEEHY.

